<s>
Sahana	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
is	O
a	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
California-based	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
founded	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
(	O
FOSS	B-License
)	O
for	O
disaster	O
and	O
emergency	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foundation	O
's	O
Sahana	B-Operating_System
family	I-Operating_System
of	O
software	O
products	O
include	O
Eden	O
,	O
designed	O
for	O
humanitarian	O
needs	O
management	O
;	O
Vesuvius	O
,	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
disaster	O
preparedness	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
medical	O
community	O
;	O
and	O
legacy	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Sahana	O
software	O
including	O
Krakatoa	O
,	O
descended	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Sahana	O
code	O
base	O
developed	O
following	O
the	O
2004	O
Indian	O
Ocean	O
tsunami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sahana	O
software	O
grew	O
into	O
a	O
global	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
project	O
supported	O
by	O
hundreds	O
of	O
volunteer	O
contributors	O
from	O
dozens	O
of	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sahana	O
Free	B-License
and	I-License
Open	I-License
Source	I-License
Disaster	O
Management	O
System	O
is	O
emergency	O
management	O
and	O
disaster	O
preparedness	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Sahana	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sahana	O
currently	O
has	O
three	O
projects	O
:	O
Eden	O
,	O
being	O
developed	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
;	O
Agasti	O
,	O
being	O
developed	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
;	O
and	O
the	O
localization	O
project	O
,	O
L10n	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2006	O
through	O
2014	O
,	O
Sahana	O
has	O
had	O
a	O
participating	O
project	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
a	O
global	O
program	O
that	O
offers	O
student	O
developers	O
stipends	O
to	O
write	O
code	O
for	O
various	O
open-source	O
software	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
their	O
work	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
more	O
generic	O
ideals	O
of	O
"	O
humanitarian-FOSS	O
"	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
ideals	O
of	O
FOSS	B-License
are	O
applied	O
for	O
building	O
humanitarian-ICT	O
applications	O
or	O
applications	O
built	O
to	O
help	O
alleviate	O
human	O
suffering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
mailing	O
list	O
and	O
an	O
active	O
wiki	O
with	O
membership	O
including	O
emergency	O
management	O
practitioners	O
,	O
humanitarian	O
consultants	O
,	O
crisis	O
management	O
academics	O
,	O
and	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
developers	O
from	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
been	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
(	O
FSF	O
)	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
inspired	O
a	O
new	O
FSF	O
Award	O
for	O
Projects	O
of	O
Social	O
Benefit	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
broader	O
in	O
coverage	O
than	O
humanitarian-FOSS	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
UNDP	O
IOSN	O
on	O
their	O
Humanitarian-FOSS	O
Portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sahana	O
software	O
was	O
the	O
recipient	O
of	O
the	O
2006	O
Free	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
Award	O
for	O
Projects	O
of	O
Social	O
Benefit	O
.	O
</s>
